> From: Frank Nordberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:29:11 +0200 > To: cittern <[email protected]> > Subject: [CITTERN] Re: pamelasmusic
> Anyway, I asked Doc offlist (for obvious reasons) for more details. > Here's his reply: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I'm not afraid to put this on the list, so forward it if you like. I >> bought the instrument Rob pointed to a few months back. She wrapped >> the instrument in bubble wrap and shipped it in a cardboard box. The >> fragile label was covered over by some other label and the instrument >> was totally destroyed in transit. The damage indicated an end-to-end >> blow. We're talking small pieces and the top and back broken in two, >> perpendicular to the grain. She's sent me only 2/3 of my money and I >> haven't heard a peep from her for a month. She says I have to wait >> until she gets the money back from the insurance company! She also >> said that when I shipped it back - at my expense - that pieces were >> missing. She plans on having it restored. that is a horror story -- and there being no mention of the recent damage/restoration as she tries again to sell it off is also a little scary. Thanks for the warning Doc/Frank. Roger To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
